Who was the first woman to run for president of the United States?

A

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

B

Victoria Woodhull

C

Alice Paul

D

Susan B. Anthony

The first woman to actively pursue the country's highest office was Victoria Woodhull-a stockbroker, newspaper publisher, and champion of social reform who ran for the presidency in 1872, some 50 years before women throughout the United States had achieved the right to vote.